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It’s always a good idea to add two-factor authentication to any account that will offer it, and that goes double for accounts tied to connected home devices. Two-factor authentication adds an extra factor (a generated code sent to a phone number in this case) to your login process, so even …

Is there a doctor in the house? If the Huawei Mate 20 Pro is in your hand, then the answer is yes. With this powerful phone, you can make your favorite toy come alive in front of your eyes, using augmented reality and a special 3D Live Maker app. Prepare …

Seven major universities are working together to develop a digital currency network that solves blockchain’s scalability and performance problems before public confidence in the technology erodes. Funded by a Swiss-based non-profit organization, the cryptocurrency application, called Unit-e, and its blockchain-based payment system is expected to launch in the second half of …

A day after it unveiled two Intel-based Chromebooks, HP showed it is playing both sides, revealing two Chromebooks based on chips from Advanced Micro Devices. Starting in February, HP will introduce its HP Chromebook 11A G6 Education Edition, and in the spring the company will introduce the HP Chromebook 14A G5 for …

Enlarge / Ethanol Plant, Milton, Wisconsin. Late last week, the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit published an opinion (PDF) stating that California’s regulation of fuel sales based on a lifecycle analysis of carbon emissions did not violate federal commerce rules. Since 2011, California has had a Low Carbon …

Viacom is buying its way into the ad-supported streaming video business by acquiring Pluto TV in a $340 million cash deal, B&C reports. Pluto TV launched in 2014 and originally wove video from other sites like YouTube into round-the-clock streaming “channels.” Since then, it’s focused on making deals with content …

The Communications Alliance, Australian Industry Group, Australian Information Industry Association, Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association, Digital Industry Group Inc, and Information Technology Professionals Association have combined to create a wishlist of changes to Australia’s encryption laws. The contentious laws passed on the last evening of Parliament for 2018, following the capitulation …

Twitter has suspended an account which was linked to the magnification of a confrontation between high school students wearing MAGA hats and Native American protesters. According to CNN, the account @2020fight was suspended from the social media platform after it shared a captioned video of the encounter on Jan. 18 …

Never let the truth get in the way of a good headline, they say. (And I should know — I’ve been writing headlines for 20 years.) But if the following headline from the San Jose Mercury News sounds just a little too sensational, you’re right. It is. “5 minutes of sheer …

Simon Hill/Digital TrendsWhat if you could snap a photo of your food with your phone to get a complete calorific and nutritional breakdown? No laboriously weighing ingredients, carefully counting up calories yourself, or estimating what makes up a dish. That’s exactly what a new app from France, called Foodvisor, is …